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[Dusky]

Hi guys

Could someone show me a pic of their front brake union ( connects to 1 flexi hose with a bolt, under the flywheel wok).
Preferably taken from inside the wheelarch

Thanks.

[nicklouse]

Why? There are a number of different set ups.

What are you needing to know?

[Dusky]

Where the casting line is
Got a leak from the banjo bolt that goes in the slave cylinder.
Everything is new except the union itself

[Ethel]

Braided hoses? Some suggest these are sided.

Puzzled by slave cylinder, that's on the clutch.

[nicklouse]

Where the casting line is
Got a leak from the banjo bolt that goes in the slave cylinder.
Everything is new except the union itself

that is all dutch to me

 

casting line?

 

slave cylinder?

 

are we talking discs or drums? are we talking above the subframe or on the hub or?

 

take a picture.

[Dusky]

My Phone autocorrected brake flexi hose into slave cylinder *confused *

Servo assisted discs
This part http://minispares.co...|Back to search

Edited by Dusky, 29 June 2016 - 07:35 AM.

[nicklouse]

copper washers top and bottom or that part.

 

same as this but with banjo bolt instead of switch.

http://minispares.co...pes.aspx?1~9~78

Edited by nicklouse, 29 June 2016 - 07:43 AM.

[Dusky]

Have copper washers, tried a few now too.
Standard flexi hoses by the way, braided isnt allowed here

[nicklouse]

should all be fine.

 

look for splits and cracks.

[Spider]

For the lock nut that holds the hose itself to the subframe, have you got a thick one or thin one there?

 

Needs to be thin.

Edited by Moke Spider, 29 June 2016 - 08:00 AM.

[Dusky]

Jep, got the thin one
Gonna take it out tomorrow to check if its cracked, is there anything better on the market atm? ( if it would be cracked)
Is there a torque figure for the banjo bolt that goes through it?(Just nipped up now, dont want to go too tight and crack the flexi..)

[nicklouse]

may be you are not doing them up tight enough. I would tighten more before stripping down.

 

no torque figure for that type of union.

[Spider]

Noted that you do have the copper washes in there, but if it's a genuine banjo bolt fitted, the copper washer on top is different, it has a bigger ID. If it is the same as the bottom one, it will leak.

 

Before you strip it apart, clean it up and have a good look to see if you can see exactly where it is leaking from.

[Dusky]

I have the same copper washers, so that might be why it leaks then

Any idea wich parts I need?
Thanks!

[Spider]

The top copper washer goes under P/N 3H550 but, you don't need to buy a genuine one.

 

From memory, the ID of it is 11 mm.